Andrew J. Grigsby

Andrew Jackson Grigsby (2 November 1819-23 December 1895) was a general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Biography
Andrew Jackson Grigsby was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia in 1819, and he served in the US Army during the Mexican-American War after working as a farmer. When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, he became a Major in the 27th Virginia Infantry Regiment of the Confederate States Army, and he rose to the rank of colonel in 1862. From 30 August to 6 November 1862, he commanded the famed Stonewall Brigade, and he became acting commander of Stonewall Jackson's division when William E. Starke was killed at the Battle of Antietam. Grigsby resigned his commission after Elisha F. Paxton was made the new divisional commander instead of Grigsby, and he served in the Confederate Congress as a member of the Kentucky delegation. He died in Stony Point, Virginia in 1895.